2011-2012 Schedule for Promotion and/or Tenure Recommendations
| DATE | ACTION |
|---|---|
| By first week in March | Call for applications for academic promotion and/or award of tenure (Executive Dean) |
| May 1, 2012 | Applicants must complete and submit appropriate online Letter of Intent form. Access to the Letter of Intent forms will be denied at 5:00 pm, CDT, May 1, 2012. |
| During September | Conduct orientation session for Joint Promotion and Tenure Committee . |
| August 1, 2012 | Deadline for Department P&T Committees to meet. |
| Tuesday September 4, 2012 |
Deadline for completed applications to be received by Office of Professional Development and Faculty Affairs (Kansas City faculty) or The Office of Academic & Student Affairs (Wichita faculty). Access to your online submission site will be denied at 5:00 pm, CDT, September 4, 2012. |
| By late December - early January | Complete reviews by campus committees |
| By January 7, 2013 | Complete reviews by joint committee: submit recommendations to Executive Dean. |
| Mid January 2013 | Executive Dean reviews School of Medicine Promotion and Tenure recommendations |
| Late January 2013 | A list of recommendations and denials is forwarded from Executive Dean to the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs |
| February 2013 (exact date to be announced) |
Denial Letters: Individual faculty members who have been denied at the School level, must be informed in writing by the Executive Dean (with a copy to Academic Affairs) that they have the right to appeal the decision. The appeal must be filed by the faculty member within two weeks of notification by the Executive Dean. |
| February 2013 (exact date to be announced) |
Appeal Deadline: 5:00 p.m. Faculty members may file a procedural appeal with the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs. (See Handbook for Faculty...III.Part 6.D.2 -- page 93) |
| As soon as possible after appeal deadline. | Appeal Hearings for denial of promotion and tenure. |
| Dependent on Appeal Hearing Schedule | Executive Vice Chancellor forwards recommendation list to the Chancellor for final approval. |
| Dependent on Appeal Hearing Schedule | Chancellor either approves or denies individual recommendations and communicates decisions to the EVC who in turn notifies individual faculty members in writing with copy to Department Chair (and Dean on Wichita campus, when applicable). Promotion and/or tenure becomes effective July 1, 2013. Chancellor forwards the approved list of faculty members receiving promotion and/or tenure to the Board of Regents for the regular Board Meeting in May. |
*Dates to be provided by Office of Academic Affairs as soon as they are available.
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